MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                       1327

STATION. - EVERY PERSON KILLING A DEER SHALL REPORT
WITH THE DEER TO A DESIGNATED CHECKING STATION WITHIN
24 HOURS AFTER KILLING THE DEER.

(D)    CHECKING DEER AT STATION BEFORE REMOVING
HEAD OR HIDE; PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF VIOLATION. - A
PERSON MAY NOT REMOVE THE HEAD OR HIDE OR ANY PART
FROM ANY DEER, EXCEPT INTERNAL ORGANS, OR CUT THE MEAT
INTO PARTS UNTIL IT HAS BEEN WEIGHED ADD CHECKED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OR ONE OF ITS AGENTS AT A DESIGNATED
CHECKING STATION. REMOVAL OF THE HEAD OR THE HIDE OF
ANY DEER, NOT CHECKED AT A DESIGNATED CHECKING STATION
SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE DEER WAS HUNTED
ILLEGALLY. EACH SEPARATE DEER OR PART OF ANY DEER
TAKEN ILLEGALLY OR FOUND IN POSSESSION SHALL BE
CONSIDERED A SEPARATE OFFENSE.

(E)   HUNTER TO WEAR ORANGE COLOR.—ANY PERSON WHO
HUNTS DEER AND ANY PERSON WHO ACCOMPANIES, AIDS, OR
ASSISTS ANOTHER PERSON HUNTING DEER, SHALL WEAR OR
DISPLAY IN A CONSPICUOUS MANNER ON HIS HEAD, CHEST, OR
BACK, CLOTHING OR MATERIAL OF A DAYLIGHT FLUORESCENT
ORANGE COLOR. THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY
PERSON WHO HUNTS ON HIS PROPERTY WITHOUT A HUNTER'S
LICENSE NOR TO ANY PERSON HUNTING DEER WITH A BOW AND
ARROW DURING THE SEASON RESTRICTED TO HUNTING WITH A
BOW AND ARROW.

(F)   ACCIDENTAL KILLING BY MOTOR VEHICLE. - ANY
PERSON WHO, WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ON ANY
HIGHWAY IN THE STATE, ACCIDENTALLY STRIKES AND KILLS A
DEER ON THE HIGHWAY MAY HAVE THE DEER IF THE PERSON
PRODUCES VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF COLLISION WITH THE DEER
TO ANY NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER OR STATE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO DEER KILLED BY
COLLISION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE AT ANY TIME WHETHER
DURING THE OPEN SEASON FOR KILLING DEER OR DURING THE
LEGALLY CLOSED SEASON.

(G)    HUNTING DEER DAMAGING CROPS. - ANY PROPERTY
OWNER, ON WHOSE PROPERTY DEER ARE DAMAGING CROPS AT
ANY TIME OF YEAR, MAY APPLY TO ANY NATURAL RESOURCES
POLICE OFFICER FOR A PERMIT TO KILL ONE OF THE DEER.
THE NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER, UPON SUFFICIENT
PROOF THAT DEER ARE DAMAGING THE CROPS OF THE PERSON
SEEKING THE PERMIT, SHALL ISSUE THE PERMIT TO THE
PROPERTY OWNER. HOWEVER, ONLY ONE PERMIT MAY BE
ISSUED TO ANY ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN ANY ONE YEAR.

(H) HUNTING DEER IN THE WATERS OF THE STATE